Dreaming Alone | taekook ✔️

s e v e n t y - s e v e n

When you went away,
thought I'd never be the same
Would the nightmare ever end?
If I could do it again I wouldn't change a thing 'cause it's made me who I am

gravity
~ atc

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The question caught Jeongguk off guard. He turned around to study the brunette's expression. "What?"

"How in love are you with me?"

Taehyung's shoulders bunched in, brows knitted together and Jeongguk decided now might be a really good time to clear away his doubts and welcome him to a brand new sky.

"I'm so in love with you, Kim Taehyung," The ravenette declared with his entire chest, "I don't know why you'd even ask that."

"Cause," Taehyung breathed, dipping his fingers along the ravenette's collarbones and up to his neck, weaving fingers into his nape, "what happens after this?"

"What happens after what?"

"After we leave camp and go home."

Jeongguk leaned into his touch. "You're my home."

"You know what I mean, Jeongguk."

"And you know what I mean," The ravenette replied, placing his hand over Taehyung's chest and letting the rhythm of his heartbeat guide him, "I found home in a person, not a place. I could be anywhere in the world and I'd still want to be home."

The brunette gulped, his heartbeat accelerating at the vehemence of Jeongguk's words.

"I don't like the idea of long-distance, Tae." A deep frown curved into Jeongguk's mouth. "But I'm willing to try— for me, for you."

"Yeah?"

"Yeah."

"What if— what if we fall out of love?"

There was bittersweetness that reflected in Jeongguk's pretty irises. "Then we fall out of love."

Taehyung deflated, but the ravenette held him upright.

"But right now, at this moment, this is what I want." He nodded, not a hint of uncertainty on his features. "Whatever happens tomorrow happens. But if this is what we want now, why not go for it?"

Taehyung exhaled, pretty eyelashes batting at the ravenette as he patted his lap. "Come closer, Bambi, so I can kiss you properly."

"So you're willing to try as well?" Jeongguk asked, straddling the brunette and brushing their lips together like flint and steel creating a spark.

"Yeah. We wanna make good things last, right?" Taehyung chuckled, mumbling sentences against the ravenette's lips and engulfing his cheek with a large palm, "And you are the best thing that's ever happened to me."

"Am I?" The boy on his lap grinned, nose scrunching. "You sap."

Taehyung prevented any more sly comments by pressing his lips firmly against Jeongguk's and intertwining their fingers. The intimacy pulled on the ravenette's heartstrings, as always. He had a secret love for kissing in the dark, where all you could hear was choruses of breathes and hammering of heartbeats.

At some point they weren't even kissing. They merely pressed their foreheads together and kept their eyes closed, soaking in each other's presence. Every once in a while a small giggle would sound, followed by a caress of a cheek, but the serenity of the moment always drew them back to the quiet comfort in each other's embrace.